AFFINITY

O Life of life,

every time we try,

every where we turn,

we see your affinity

for abundance.

From stars in deep space, 

to jokes in a jester,

from oak trees in an acorn, 

to stirrings in a heart,

from wildflowers in a meadow,

to wooings in a suitor, 

from grains in a timber,

to whys in a child, 

from swallows in a swarm,

to prayers in a priest,

from dunes in a desert, 

to swells in a sea,

from winds in a canyon, 

to raindrops in a cloud, 

from questions in a quandary,

to yawns in a babe.

Indeed, we are immersed

in your abundant ways. 

Why then, 

are these not also

the ways of the world? 

Why do we live as if 

the only thing in abundance 

is scarcity?